Irish researchers found a way to treat osteomyelitis, a particularly difficult-to-treat bone infection, using copper.In a paper published in the journal Biomaterials, the scientists explain that the method they are using to treat the infection involves an implant designed specifically for bone repair into which they incorporate copper particles and bioactive glass.The study's first author Emily Ry...Read More
A study by Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global lead production, excluding that of China, will increase in 2019 by about 250 kt, which is equivalent to over 10% of current output.According to the market analyst, approximately 90 kt are due to stem from Goldcorp's (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) Pe??asquito, thus, developments at the Mexican mine will have a major bearing on whether the overall increase actually...Read More
A study by Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global lead production, excluding that of China, will increase in 2019 by about 250 kt, which is equivalent to over 10% of current output.According to the market analyst, approximately 90 kt are due to stem from Goldcorp's (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) Pe??asquito, thus, developments at the Mexican mine will have a major bearing on whether the overall increase actually...Read More
The outlook for Rio Tinto, the world's second largest miner by market capitalisation, is positive over the coming years, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions. Rio has the expertise and capital to develop the most lucrative and largest mines in the world, and the miner has achieved higher profits year-over-year in H118, despite cost inflation.Rio Tinto's performance will continue improving...Read More
The outlook for Rio Tinto, the world's second largest miner by market capitalisation, is positive over the coming years, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions. Rio has the expertise and capital to develop the most lucrative and largest mines in the world, and the miner has achieved higher profits year-over-year in H118, despite cost inflation.Rio Tinto's performance will continue improving...Read More
The outlook for Rio Tinto, the world's second largest miner by market capitalisation, is positive over the coming years, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions. Rio has the expertise and capital to develop the most lucrative and largest mines in the world, and the miner has achieved higher profits year-over-year in H118, despite cost inflation.Rio Tinto's performance will continue improving...Read More
Newmont Mining Corp. should regain its crown as the world's biggest gold producer once it completes its $10 billion acquisition of Canada's Goldcorp later this year.Read full newsRead More
Courts in Brazil have ruled that up to 12.6 billion Reais ($3.44 billion) of Vale's assets and resources will be frozen after the rupture of a tailings dam at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iron ore mine, the miner stated on Friday February 1.The federal prosecutors' office, state prosecutors and the state government of Minas Gerais, where Feij??o is located made most of the complaints. Additionally,...Read More
China's crude stainless steel output rose 3.6% to a new high in 2018, according to data released by the China Stainless Steel Council.The country produced 26.71 million tonnes of crude stainless steel last year, up 940,000 tonnes from 25.77 million tonnes a year earlier, according to the statistics released late on Thursday January 31. Of the total, 48% or 12.82 million tonnes consisted of 300-ser...Read More
Eastern China's Shagang has increased the prices for its long steel products for orders booked in the first 20 days of February.The mill is selling its HRB400 16-25mm rebar at 3,900 yuan ($582) per tonne over the February 1-20 period, up 20 yuan per tonne from its last set of prices, it said on Friday February 1.Shagang is also...Read More
The United States pig iron market continued to be plagued by uncertainty during the week ended Friday February 1 due to unclear price trends for scrap and hot-rolled coil. Fastmarkets' import price assessment for pig iron in the US was $340-345 per tonne cfr on Friday, narrowing downward from $340-350 per tonne cfr a week before.The market level was estimated by sources at $340-345 per tonne cfr i...Read More
Feb. 1st, 2019(S14-E681)Featured GuestsBill Murphy &Arch CrawfordPlease Listen HereShow HighlightsFormer NFL player Bill Murphy of GATA.org returns as fans prepare for NFL Super Bowl LIII with Tom Brady and Bill B. seeking yet another championship.The show kicks off with the current theme of mergers in the gold-mining industry suggesting further industry acquisitions in small gold-miners.Su...Read More
By: RambusBelow is a weekly chart for the GDX we've been following for a long time watching the two and a half year falling wedge completing about 8 weeks ago when we finally got the breakout. The backtest to the top rail took about seven weeks to complete with this weeks price action possibly beginning the impulse move higher. To be honest I still can't rule out another backtest to the top rail...Read More
By: Richard (Rick) Mills Venezuela is reaching for its last card as the deck collapses on President Nicolas Maduro's failed regime. The country is selling its gold in order to provide liquidity for imports of basic goods.ou know your regime's days are numbered when you start eyeing your bullion. Indeed gold's status as store of value, as money, the only currency available when yours is wort...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinMetals look ready to start consolidation of recent rally:Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:GATA consultant Robert Lambourne's report yesterday about the gold trading signified by the December financial statement of the Bank for International Settlements speculated that the bank's use of gold swaps might mean to recover gold for central banks that are inconveniently short in their official reserves:http://www.gata.org/node/18825In response to Lambourne's an...Read More
By: Robert LambourneSaturday, February 2, 2019Disclosures in the recent monthly statements of account published by the Bank for International Settlements show that the bank is still actively trading in gold swaps, which the bank uses to gain access to gold held by commercial banks.There is not enough information in the monthly reports to calculate the exact amount of swaps. But based on December...Read More
All Models Are Wrong, but Some Are UsefulStarting Valuation MattersEmpty QuarterFun with Forecasting: Choosing Your Time PeriodsLate in the CycleRemoving EmotionsCan It Get Any Better Than This?Puerto Rico, Dallas, Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland, and ???"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything." US President Dwight D. EisenhowerThere are many versions of that Eisenhower quote he learn...Read More
The question of the Democrats to win in 2020 by constantly investigating Trump and links to Putin is rising to the surface. While the Democrats blame Putin for Continue...Read More
"You have a young and energetic gentleman but you have other people within that same group that have been very, very - if you talk about democracy - it's really democracy in action," Continue...Read More